Faith Freeman Eiken

Background

Eiken, Faith Freeman was born on June 18, 1938 in Coffee County, Alabama, United States. Daughter of John Spurgeon and Jenny Guynette (Lowry) Freeman.

Education

Diploma in Nursing, Carraway Methodist Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama, 1959; Bachelor of science in nursing, University of Southern Mississippi, 1983; MSN, U. South Alabama, 1987.

Career

Operating room staff nurse, Carraway Methodist Hospital, Birmingham, 1959-1960; office nurse, Jewett-Wright Orthopedic Clinic, Orlando, Florida, 1960-1961; charge nurse/relief supervisor, Indian River Memorial Hospital, Vero Beach, Florida, 1961-1964; staff nurse, Monroe County Hospital, Key West, Florida, 1965-1966; staff nurse, United States Naval Station Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, 1966-1968; instructor, Butterworth Hospital School Nursing, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1968-1971; staff nurse, Florida Keys Memorial Hospital, Key West, Florida, 1971; charge nurse/head nurse, Singing River Hospital, Pascagoula, Mississippi, 1973-1978, 82-89; office nurse, Samuel J. Simmons Doctor of Medicine Pascagoula, Mississippi, 1978-1982; Central Nervous System, Lake Charles (Louisiana) Memorial Hospital, since 1989.

Achievements

• Faith Freeman Eiken has been listed as a noteworthy Clinical nurse specialist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member AACN (S.W. Louisiana chapter president-elect), American Heart Association, Sigma Theta Tau.

Interests

• Avocations: reading, needlework.

Connections

Married Edwin Lee Eiken (deceased 1980). Children: Laurie Elizabeth, Lynley Lee.

Father:

John Spurgeon Freeman

Mother:

Jenny Guynette (Lowry) Freeman

Spouse:

Edwin Lee Eiken

child:

Lynley Lee Eiken

child:

Laurie Elizabeth Eiken